The Wilmington Savings Fund Society was established in 1831 as a "safe depository for the earnings of working people" which
also promoted the opportunity for homebuilding and lending money for home mortgages. Their records consist primarily of minutes
and account books.

The Wilmington Savings Fund Society was established in 1831 as a "safe depository for the earnings of working people" which
also promoted the opportunity for homebuilding and lending money for home mortgages. In 1832 the mutual savings bank was granted
a state charter. It had no stockholders and its depositors received all profits earned. The bank grew steadily during the
19th century moving to a new headquarters building on Ninth and Market Streets in 1855. During the 1920s it began establishing
branches in suburban areas, Dover, and Newark. In 1938 it became a state chartered savings bank with deposits insured by the
FSLIC.

The miscellany includes a scrapbook of insurance company prospectuses (1900-1910); newsclippings; a photostat of an 1832 advertisement;
a synopsis of charter and bylaws (1901-1940); and a brochure on the 1921 WSFS building in Wilmington.